YEAR IN REVIEW - 2023

**Paris District High School collected another A.A.B.H.N championship title (above). The Girls Varsity Fastball team hit their way to victory at Green Lane Sports Complex. Paris beat BCI 12-3 (pictured above).

**About 1,600 elementary school students from across the Grand Erie region got to try their hand at skilled trades during the Epic Jobs 2023 event held on May 24, hosted by the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie.

**The Brant County Health Unit issued a special air quality statement for Brantford-Brant following a series of devastating wildfires across Canada. The media release stated, poor air quality, with moderate to high-risk Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) values are expected through most of the week locally.

**In more Paris business news, El Thrift relocates to William Street and celebrates grand reopening with Mayor David Bailey. And to the delight of tastebuds across Paris, Matt Lee announces the opening of his new dine in/take out restaurant – The Secret Lunch.

**The Paris Horticultural Society’s Annual Garden Tour was a smashing success, partly because of the beautiful gardens on display but also because of the beautiful weather the first weekend of June! The group sold a total of 272 tickets and had visitors from as far away as New Zealand, Florida and Nova Scotia In total, 16 musicians and artist groups were on display at six different garden stops

**The Paris FC U16 girls travelled to Barrie for Barrie Spiritfest and were in a tough 5-team group. With a four-game round robin start, plus a championship game, it was a gruelling tournament and Paris persevered to bring home the Gold medal! (pictured above)

**Hosted by the Ontario Truck and Tractor Pull Association, the Super Pull & Historic Expo drew a great attendance of around 1,500 people as spectators caught a glimpse of the uniquely modified Bits N Pieces (pictured), Anger Management and Rock Mafia to name a few. Funds collected through the cost of admission will be used to upgrade infrastructure and general maintenance of facilities at the Paris Fairgrounds

**The annual Teddy Bear Picnic, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Paris-Brant, brought lots of laughter and joy to the Paris Fairgrounds Hundreds gathered, along with their teddy bears, to participate in some fun family games and entertainment by BarryO Kidshow

**Construction of a new affordable housing apartment building on Trillium Way in Paris is officially underway. The County of Brant Building Department issued the building permit for VERLY Construction Group to begin construction on the net zero energy ready 49-unit building, according to a joint press release issued by the County of Brant and City of Brantford

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